Hiroshima Joe: A NovelPicador, 2013 M10 8 - 304 pages One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 |
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... roomboys might find it. But then he could hide it in the cupboard, under his dirty clothing, until they had finished cleaning the rooms on his corridor, and place it on the sill afterwards. They usually reached his room by half-past ...
... roomboys might find it. But then he could hide it in the cupboard, under his dirty clothing, until they had finished cleaning the rooms on his corridor, and place it on the sill afterwards. They usually reached his room by half-past ...
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... roomboys would steal it : he knew they wouldn't . And it wasn't because he was ashamed to hoard the fag - ends in order to roll remnants up later . It was just that he was used to doing this , had done it for many years . Like not ...
... roomboys would steal it : he knew they wouldn't . And it wasn't because he was ashamed to hoard the fag - ends in order to roll remnants up later . It was just that he was used to doing this , had done it for many years . Like not ...
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... roomboy who stood on the parquet floor by the bed , looking down at him . ' Mistah Sandin'am . I do you room now . You please ge ' up . ' Sandingham sat up and felt , as he did so , a twinge in his ankle . He looked blearily at the man ...
... roomboy who stood on the parquet floor by the bed , looking down at him . ' Mistah Sandin'am . I do you room now . You please ge ' up . ' Sandingham sat up and felt , as he did so , a twinge in his ankle . He looked blearily at the man ...
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... roomboys always did their rounds in the morn- ing . He reasoned all this quite clearly in the half - concious state into which he had sat up . ' Five minutes , ' he said . ' I'll be out in five minutes . Do the next room first . ' The ...
... roomboys always did their rounds in the morn- ing . He reasoned all this quite clearly in the half - concious state into which he had sat up . ' Five minutes , ' he said . ' I'll be out in five minutes . Do the next room first . ' The ...
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... roomboy was closing the door of the adjacent room . He spoke with what he hoped was dignity . The roomboy replied politely , ' T'ang you , Mistah Sandin'am , ' but he knew the truth about this shabby customer . He was one who seldom ...
... roomboy was closing the door of the adjacent room . He spoke with what he hoped was dignity . The roomboy replied politely , ' T'ang you , Mistah Sandin'am , ' but he knew the truth about this shabby customer . He was one who seldom ...
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